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Knox Historical Museum

History & Genealogy Center

Established 1987 in Barbourville, Kentucky
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Year Tape No. Subject No. of Tapes Interviewer Date of Interview

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89 1 Henry Matt Mills 1 W.S. Oxendine & Jakalyn Jackson 8/15/89 Yes

Charles R. Mitchell (CRM)

 
90 1 Nell Cole Faulkner Mitchell 2 CRM 2/12/90 Yes CRM Theatrical
90 2 Cecil Harvey Wilson 1 CRM 2/12/90 Yes
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CRM

KHM Historical Lecture #1

90 3 John Morgan Arthur 1 Simon Fish 4/3/61 Yes plus Biographical Sketch CRM & Susan Arthur Military
90 4 Clarence Ossie Burch 1 W.S. Oxendine 3/7/90 Yes plus (listen to interview)
CRM Military
90 5

Brig. General Frank D. Merrill

1 Lecture 9/52 Yes CRM Military
90 6 William G. Martin 1 W.S. Oxendine & Jakalyn Jackson 4/12/90 Yes CRM Educators
90 7 Ollie Lucy Hubbard Oxendine 1 W.S. Oxendine 3/4/90 Yes CRM Educators
90 8 Ethel and Joyce Willis 1 Paula Zipp 8/27/90 Yes Paula Zipp Crafts
90 9 Frank Milo Scheide 2 CRM 9/10/90 Yes CRM

KHM Historical Lecture #2

90 10

Charles Sterling

Owens

3 CRM 9/19/90 Yes CRM

Railroads Theatrical

90 11

Odell and Corda Girdner

2 Carlos Morris 2/18/90 No    
90 12

William G. Martin
and Garrard Morris

1 Jakalyn Jackson 3/4/90

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Jaklayn Jackson, CRM, David Helton

Educators Topic: Place Names in Knox County

90 13 John Garrett 1 Leonard Elliott 01/17/75 Yes CRM

Topic: Railroads
Sherman Oxendine Collection

90 14 James M. Arthur 2 Susan Arthur 10/12/90 No   Military
90 15 John (Jack) Rutledge Wharton 1 Rick Jones 01/18/74 Yes
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CRM Topic: Floods
Sherman Oxendine Collection
90 16 Joe Nickell 2 Susan Arthur 10/8/90 Yes
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CRM

KHM Historical Lecture #3

90 17 Mildred Maggard 1 S. Arthur 10/26/90 Yes
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CRM

Theatrical

90 18 Charles E. Elliott 1 Leonard Elliott 01/11/75 Yes Charles Sterling Owens

Topic: Railroads
Sherman Oxendine
Collection

90 19 Sonny Distad 1 Leonard Elliott 1/22/75 Yes Charles Sterling Owens (CSO)

Railroads - William Sherman Oxendine Collection

90 20 Howard Nolan 1 Leonard Elliott 1/21/75 Yes CSO

Railroads - William Sherman Oxendine Collection

90 21 Cecil Hayes   1 Leonard Elliott 1/14/75 Yes CSO Railroads - William Sherman Oxendine Collection
90 22 June Mealer Ohler 1 CRM 11/26/90 Yes CRM
90 23 Lawrence West 1 WSO
7/19/89 Yes CSO
90 24 Lawrence West 2 CS Owens
and CRM
12/13/90 Yes CSO
90 25 Charles David Black 1 David Cole 12/13/90 Yes DCole

KHM Historical Lecture #4

91 1 William Sherman Oxendine 2 CRM 1/7/91 Yes CRM
91 2 Ersel Martin   1 Ossie Burch 1/12/91 Yes
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Also, see Knox Countian issue
Vol. 23 No. 4
CRM
Topic: Military
91  3 Ron Rosenstiel and Jeffrey King  2  CRM  1/14/91  Yes  DCole KHM Historical Collection #5
91  4 Carl Helton  1  Ossie Burch  1/17/91  Yes  CRM Military
91  5 Lawrence Walker  1  Ossie Burch  1/17/91  No Military
91 6

50th Anniversary Reunion of Barbourville’s Company C of the 149th Infantry and the Medical Detachment of the 113th Quartermaster Regiment. Short Interviews with former solders at the KHM

1 WS Oxendine and CRM 1/18/91 Yes
Also see Knox Countian issue
Vo. 23 No. 3
 Oxendine and CRM
Military
91 7 50th Anniversary Reunion of Barbourville’s Company C of the 149th Infantry and the Medical Detachment of the 113th Quartermaster Regiment. 1 WS Oxendine and CRM 1/18/91 No Military
91 8 Lester G. Woody 1 CRM 2/11/91 Yes Connie Danner

KHM Historical Lecture #6

91 9 Bessie Ann Chadwell Gander 1 David Cole 5/26/89 Yes David Cole Life History of Bess Gander
91 10 Philipp Paul Fox, Sr. 1 CRM 3/11/91 Yes- Lecture Notes and CO of Q & A session CRM

KHM Historical Lecture #7 Railroads

91 11 Susan Arthur “A Tour of the Knox Historical Museum” 2 CRM 3/6/91 Yes
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Lucien G. Holmes
91  12 Catherine Zlema Faulkner Singer  1  M. Smith  1/24/74  Yes-Complete Transcription  CRM

Topic: Tour of Barbourville, KY in 1920s and 1930s Oxendine Collection

91 13 King Solomon Warren 1 4/8/91 No

KHM Historical Lecture #8

91 14 Bessie Mae Henderson Mealer 1 CRM 5/25/91 Yes CRM

Topic: William E. Mealer family history

91 15 Albert Lafayette Gregory 1 WSO & J. Jackson 6/27/91 Yes
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CRM

Education and
Black History

91 16 General Tye King 1 WSO 7/10/91

Yes
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CRM 

Military

91 17 Clarence Ossie Burch 1 WSO

7/12/91

No

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Military Topic: The Wilderness Road

91 18 Gurney Norman 1 Lecture 10/10/91 Yes CRM KHM Historical Lecture #9
91 19

Bruce Duncan and Jack Trawick
“The Architect’s View of Barbourville, KY”

2 CRM 11/6/91 Yes Dcole

Topic: Plans for redesigning downtown Barbourville

91 20

Willa Mae West

1 Alex Rae Lyttle 11/00/91 No

Black History
and Education

91 21 Charles Ronald Rosenstiel  1 CRM 11/11/91 Yes CRM KHM Historical Lecture #10 Topic: Edible and Medicinal Plants of Kentucky
92 1

Columbus Mills

2 DCole 10/22/92 Yes
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CRM Various topics including railroads, whiskey making, Artemus, etc.
92 2

Columbus Mills

2 CRM 10/29/92 No
93 1

Ardina Revard Moore

1 George Sabo 11/7/93 Yes CRM

Recorded at Arkansas Post, AK Topic: Quapaw tribal history and religions beliefs

97 1

Douglas and Jane Minton Blair

1 CRM 4/20/97 Yes-Nearly Complete Transcript CRM Topic: Lustron houses
97 2

Philipp P. Fox, Sr. and Sarah Jean Fox Woods

1 CRM 9/25/97 Yes
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CRM

Topic: 1948 Daniel Boone Festival

97 4

Susan Arthur

1 Lucien Holmes (LH) 10/30/97 Yes LH Topic: Family History
97 5

Phillipp P. Fox

1 LH 11/4/97 Yes LH Railroads
97 6

Syd Robbins

1 LH 11/12/97 Yes LH

Topic: Knox Historical Museum’s beginning

97 7

Susan Arthur

1 LH 11/12/97 Yes LH

Topic: Knox Historical Museum’s beginnings

97 8 William Lynwood Montell  1   9/00/97 No   KHM Historical Lecture # 11 Topic: Oral history methodology
00 1

Michael Clinton Mills

1 CRM 10/22/2000

Yes

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CRM

Topic: Photo Research in Local History

00 3

Mary Eleanor Collins Browning

1 Meredith Smith
1974 Yes
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CRM

Health in Knox County
W.S. Oxendine Collection

06 1 Ernest Gordon Williamson  1 CRM 3/3/2006 Yes CRM Museum's
Military Oral History Project
07 1 Silas House 1 Recorded by Hugo Freund 5/4/2006 Yes CRM KHM Historical Lecture # 12 Topic: 
14 1

Jimmy L. Chafin

1 Doug Bargo, CRM, DHC 06/25/2014

Yes

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Doug Bargo

Topic: Radio Career in Barbourville

15 1 Keith Wilson 1 CRM/Mary Farris 1992 Yes CRM Topic: Barbourville Croquet Club
16 1 Ima June Miller Gatliff 1 CRM and Ina Mitchell Gatliff 3/19/2015 Yes CRM Emphasis: Life story and Rosie Riveter connection

 

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